Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

Synonyms for Husband: hubby, man, partner, bridegroom, mate, spouse, beau, consort, groom, boyfriend, helpmate, mister, old man, bidie-in, and helpmeet

Proverbs 12:4 (NIV)
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.

Proverbs 31:11 (NIV)
Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.

Proverbs 31:23 (NIV)
Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.

Proverbs 31:28 (NIV)
Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:

Mark 10:9-12 (NIV)
Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” 10. When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. 11. He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. 12. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”

Luke 16:18 (NIV)
“Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:2 (NIV)
But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:3-4 (NIV)
The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife.

1 Corinthians 7:10-11 (NIV)
To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. 11. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

1 Corinthians 7:13-14 (NIV)
And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14. For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

1 Corinthians 11:3 (NIV)
But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

Ephesians 5:23 (NIV)
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.

Ephesians 5:25 (NIV)
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

Ephesians 5:28 (NIV)
In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Ephesians 5:33 (NIV)
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Colossians 3:19 (NIV)
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

1 Timothy 2:12 (NIV)
I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.

1 Timothy 3:2 (NIV)
Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

Titus 2:4-5 (NIV)
Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, 5. to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

1 Peter 3:7 (NIV)
Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

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